Rule of Law

On November 15, after 8 long years, the Supreme Court will hear a plea urging the framing of guidelines on how the higher judiciary, including that court, will handle complaints of sexual harassment against sitting/retired judges

Way back in 2015, the Supreme Court had struck down this provision but police all over the country, in direct contempt continue to use this section; seven years later one more directive to all state police seeks to enforce the Shreya Singhal judgement

From November 9, the matter will be heard again by this constitution bench

The crucial issue came up before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) U.U. Lalit while it was hearing a case related to a company which allegedly took loans from 27 banks and siphoned off the money

With another looming controversy afoot, with the Modi 2.0 government not acting on the Collegium’s recommendations transferring Justice Muralidhar from chief justice of the Orissa high court to chief justice of the Madras high court, Karnataka, Justice Lokur makes requirements of the practice very clear

The MLA and others have been taken into custody and later immediately granted bail on furnishing two sureties each of Rs 25,000

Court says that proper upkeep of such facilities, where foreign nationals are lodged, is necessary for maintaining human dignity

In a recent judgement, stringent bail conditions under the draconian law for such accused were relaxed

VHP claims all necessary permissions were taken from the police and police personnel were even present at the spot

After a ruling in September 2022, two more benches of India’s top court take cognizance of the threats to violence caused by hate speech in October